July 2010 Newsletter
| July 1, 2010 | The Talloires Network E-Newsletter |
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About the Talloires Network Innovations in Civic Participation and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University serve as the Secretariat of the Talloires Network.
Contact Us Susan Stroud Rob Hollister Elizabeth Babcock John Pollock
Talloires Network Steering Committee Lawrence S. Bacow, Chair John J. DeGioia Juan Ramón de la Fuente Brenda Gourley Mónica Jiménez de la Jara Shamsh Kassim-Lakha Goolam Mohamedbhai José Ignacio Moreno León Sari Nusseibeh Janice Reid
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Update from the Chair: President Larry Bacow MacJannet Prize 2010 Award Ceremony Universidad de Buenos Aires creates new civic engagement program Support Program for Service-Learning Projects for Universities in Latin America and the Caribbean Higher Education and Civic Engagement In Cambodia: A Case Study at the Royal University of Phnom Penh "Interrogating the Role of Higher Education in the Delivery of the MDGs"
For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website>> XIII International Service-Learning Conference. Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires. 23-27 August 2010.
Service-learning leaders from Latin America, the US, and Europe will be participating in the Conference. Learn more>> Eighth ALARA World Congress: ‘Participatory Action Research and Action Learning: Appreciating our Pasts, Comprehending our Presents, Prefiguring our Futures.’ Melbourne, Australia. 6-9 September 2010. 2nd University Social Responsibility International Conference 2010: Embracing New Economy with Community-based Social Innovations. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 5-6 October 2010. 10th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, "International Perspectives: Crossing Boundaries through Research." Indianapolis, Indiana (USA). October 28-31, 2010. Ubunye, University of Cape Town (South Africa), MacJannet Prize 2010 3rd Prize Winner
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I am delighted to announce that the 2010 MacJannet Prize Award Ceremony will take place on September 15, 2010, at the Tufts European Center in Talloires, France. Two representatives – one staff member and one student – from each of the eight winning programs will attend the ceremony. The award ceremony will be preceded by two days of capacity-building workshops, giving the participants an exciting opportunity to exchange information, learn from one another’s experiences, and build relationships with their peers around the world. Last year’s award ceremony brought together representatives from the top three programs; I am confident that the addition of representatives from the third-place winners will make this year’s ceremony an even greater success. I look forward to meeting the participants and recognizing their programs’ achievements. 
The Talloires Network and the MacJannet Foundation are pleased to announce that the 2010 MacJannet Prize will be awarded at a ceremony on 15 September 2010 at the Tufts European Center in Talloires, France. The Talloires Network will fly two representatives from each of the eight winning programs to receive their awards in person at the Award Ceremony and participate in two days of workshops workshops. Other Network members who wish to cover their own costs to attend should contact 
The Universidad de Buenos Aires has approved the Social Practices Education Program which encourages students of the thirteen faculties of the University to develop community activities. The program will be implemented on a voluntary basis until it becomes mandatory in 2013. For now, the Social Practices Education Program will have a minimum hour load of 42 hours per student for the degree requirement. 
Launched in April by the Latin American Center for Service-Learning (CLAYSS), this program promotes social engagement and service-learning practices. The program includes an 18-month program of in-person and distance teacher training, scholarships for participation in the 13th International Seminar on service-learning (to be held in Buenos Aires on 26-27 August 2010), and technical support for the institutionalization of programs. Thanks to the support received from private donors, CLAYSS can offer this program with a 50% reduction in costs to the member institutions of the Talloires Network and the Ibero-American Service-Learning Network. Requests to enroll in the program can be submitted by a single institution, or you can consider a joint application between several universities in the same city. Learn more at 
"Education is one of the foremost Millennium Development Goals, but education in turn can be used to drive their achievement," said Piyushi Kotecha, CEO of the Southern African Regional Universities Association, SARUA, at the ACU conference of executive heads on Universities and the Millennium Development Goals in April. She argued in a presentation to the conference that universities had a significant role to play in promoting the MDGs at a number of levels in higher education. 
The 2010 World Congress will be hosted by ALARA, the Action Learning, Action Research Association, a strategic network of people interested in using action research and action learning to generate collaborative learning, research and action to transform workplaces, schools, colleges, universities, communities, voluntary organisations, governments and businesses. 
The conference will provide a platform for those who are interested to share and exchange ideas on social responsibility related issues. It hopes to develop and strengthen relationship in view of building a strong network and fostering continuous future collaboration among participants. Organisations such as institutions of higher learning, corporate bodies, government agencies and NGO(s) are invited to take part in this international conference. In general, this conference welcomes paper presentations, poster presentations and exhibitions emphasising on social responsibility programme development from various aspects including those on entrepreneurship, sustainability, green technology, poverty, culture and education. 
Co-sponsored by the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement, the Center for Service and Learning at IUPUI, and Indiana Campus Compact, this conference is targeted to those interested in research on service-learning, campus-community partnerships, and civic outcomes of education. Presenters will include faculty and administrators in higher education, educators in K-12, and scholars and practitioners in educational policy and community development. Scholars and attendees from outside of the United States are encouraged to attend and present to advance mutual understanding of this work from multiple perspectives. 
Ubunye is a student-run organization at UCT established in 2007 by the directors of several student-run organizations that had similar needs and development aims: Inkanyezi, TeachOut, the Township Debating League, and the Media School joined. Ubunye’s projects fulfill a variety of needs through various after-school activities with learners in township schools. Inkanyezi’s goal is to improve the post-school prospects for its learners through mentorship and career guidance, and facilitating applications for tertiary studies. The Media School runs classes in written, radio and photographic journalism and organizes school newspapers, providing a creative outlet for students in activities not provided by their vastly under-resourced township schools. TeachOut aims to improve the academic performance of township learners by providing academic tutoring in English, Functional English, Mathematics, Science and Accounting. The Township Debating League trains learners in debating and critical thinking and organizes a development debating league with over 20 underprivileged schools taking part in tournaments. 